Fourth chapter! (Man, I am getting through these like a boss) Anyway, thanks for all the positive feedback I've been getting on this story guys. It makes me feel like writing this isn't entirely pointless :)
A crunching of leaves is heard, and wildlife scatters in all directions.
Peridot is limping through the forest, determined to get back to Beach City.
She's using a large stick as a crutch in replacement for her missing leg.
Of course, she couldn't just fly to Beach City.
Granted, flying would be faster, but she would tire quickly. It would just be easier to walk. She had already run the calculations herself.
Peridot had to get to Beach City in order to get Homeworld's assistance as close as to the Crystal Gems as they could afford.
She looked down at the tracking device in her arm only to be alerted by the sound of people running towards her.
She bends over, looking inconspicuous.
"We've got you now, Peridot!" Garnet yells, pointing to the green Gem.
Peridot chuckles, her back still turned.
Suddenly, she whips around, and a stasis circle comes out of her arm and envelops Pearl.
"Let's see if this little birdie can fly!" Peridot yells, and throws Pearl high in the air.
The other two Gems look up, hoping to catch their friend.
Suddenly, Garnet is hit by a blast from Peridot's arm cannon.
Peridot reloads, and the shape that her fingers are in changes ever so slightly.
She shoots at Amethyst. The blast is usually a large ball of green energy, but Peridot had fine-tuned it to make it many red lasers.
Peridot laughes as she chases the purple one around with a well-placed volley of them.
"Hahaha! Who's got the upper hand now?" Peridot taunts.
Amethyst jumps off the side of a tree and catches Pearl in midair. The two Gems both summon their weapons as Garnet gets up.
Peridot's expression of happiness changes to one of despair. "Oh crud,"
"Get her!" Garnet yells, and the Crystal Gems storm after Peridot.
Garnet takes out her gauntlets and fires them at Peridot, creating two effective missiles.
Peridot manages to avoid one, but the other lands at her feet, shattering her walking stick to mere splinters and propelling her at least 200 yards away.
She stands up, dizzy, trying to make sense of where she is. Finally, she sees that she is on the opposite side of a cornfield from the Crystal Gems.
Peridot smirks. The Crystal Gems may outnumber and outmanuever her, but she still had one trick left.
"There's Peridot!" Pearl yells.
The Crystal Gems race to the center of the cornfield, looking left and right in case Peridot had changed her position.
They don't see Peridot anywhere around them. Amethyst taps her teammates' shoulders and they look up.
Peridot is flying above them, her fingers spread out. "GOODBYE, YOU CLODS!" Peridot yells, and a jet of flame comes out of her arm, igniting all the corn around the gems.
Normally, this wouldn't have gone far, but due to the drought in Beach City the corn went up in flames extremely easily.
The Gems were surrounded, and fire was closing in on them every second as Peridot flew away.
The blue and white Homeworld gem sits at the controls of the ship.
She is most definitely annoyed, but not shocked. It is very much like her colleague to be late, and she runs a few scans on the ship as to not get bored.
The Gem's name was Lace Agate, and there were only 7 ever documented in the Agate series, each a completely different gem.
Lace was one of the two last Agates left. The others had been either terminated or killed in the gem war.
War. Lace liked the sound of that word.
On Homeworld, Lace knew why she hadn't been terminated for 11,000 years. She's a war hero.
She didn't exactly go running off berserk into battle. No, it was her tactical strategies that had allowed Homeworld to make great strides in conquering other planets, and using those exact planets to grow their army for the next war.
So why was she getting Earth? This was only a class 5 danger planet. Even that reckless Gem Jasper could have handled it.
Her thoughts are interrupted when her assigned partner climbs into the car.
His eyes light up when he sees her, and he chuckles.
"Lace...should've known you'd be here," Pyrite smiles.
"Pyrite, please keep your attention on the task at hand. We're supposed to retrieve Jasper, Peridot, and Lapis Lazuli. If possible, we need to continue the fusion experiments and restart the Kandergarden."
"I know that," Pyrite says. "Can't I just do some reminiscing?"
Lace shakes her head and starts up the ship. It's a simple one from thousands of years ago. It even has a control panel! But it's good enough for the mission they're about to embark on.
The ship turns around and flies out of the hangar. It's destination?
Earth.
Yay, I did it :D Now that both of Peridot's partners have been shown, what do you think of them? Thanks for reading my story, and goodbye! :)